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<p>Thanks for visiting my JustGiving page.</p>
<p>Thanks to my running club <a title="Kilbarchan AAC" href="http://www.kilbarchanaac.org.uk/" target="_blank">Kilbarchan AAC</a>, I have a 2011 <a href="http://www.virginlondonmarathon.com" target="_blank">London Marathon</a> place. This means that the charities have not had to fund any provision of this place and so everything raised goes directly to them. I am running the Marathon on April 17th to raise funds for <a href="http://www.stvincentshospice.co.uk" target="_blank">St Vincent's Hospice, Howwood</a> and <a href="http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk" target="_blank">Help the Hospices</a>. </p>
<p>Remember that <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #1c1c1c; line-height: 14px;"> through Gift Aid if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.</span></p>
<p>Through Clydesdale Bank's charity partnership with Help the Hospices, 50% of the money I raise will be donated to St Vincent’s Hospice and 50% to Help the Hospices. Through the bank's matched funding scheme, Clydesdale Bank will match fund pound for pound all funds that are raised, with 50% of the matching donated to Help the Hospices and 50% to St Vincent's Hospice.</p>
<p>If you would like to keep track of how my training and fundraising is going please follow me on twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/pb4runner" target="_blank">@pb4runner</a></p>
<p>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</p>
<p>Update 19/04/11: You can see my result at: <a title="Richard's London Marathon 2011 Result" href="http://bit.ly/h3mK08">Official Result</a></p>
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